Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Fancychooklady]

@K Spot. Looks pretty similar. What's AVC mixture tho pls?

ACV apple cider vinegar.
Although it is acidic it raises the Alkaline in the body and makes it an undesirable place for bacteria to grow. I buy a 25 litre drum of organic unpasteurised vinegar for $40 . My horses get regularly . I haven't had a single case of pasty butt in my brooder since I started adding it to their water.
That being said keep the chlorsig going and start a course of poultry antibiotics, whilst there are many ' preventative ' natural products on the market once the infection has set in you are fighting an up hill battle. Knock it on the head! The infection not the chook.

 

[K Spot]

ACV apple cider vinegar.
Although it is acidic it raises the Alkaline in the body and makes it an undesirable place for bacteria to grow. I buy a 25 litre drum of organic unpasteurised vinegar for $40 . My horses get regularly . I haven't had a single case of pasty butt in my brooder since I started adding it to their water.
That being said keep the chlorsig going and start a course of poultry antibiotics, whilst there are many ' preventative ' natural products on the market once the infection has set in you are fighting an up hill battle. Knock it on the head! The infection not the chook.

But yes, I agree with Fancy - keep up with the chlorsig and AB's. It may take a week, it may take many weeks as in my case. But don't give up.

 

[megacakes]

Seems big enough - there will always be squabbles and tiffs between new birds and existing.  To make the transition easier, is there a way you can keep the new birds in a separate part of the coop, but where the original girls can still see and interact with them without hurting them?

Yes, I've had the old girls locked in the inner coop and the new have had the outer run for a week or so, looking at each other through the mesh. I just wondered how long it takes to establish a pecking order...hours, days or weeks?

 

[Bens-Hens]

Mine seem to take a couple of days, I do it in small stages, first they see each other through wire, then they can range together but in separate runs, then I slip the new birds in at night.

Even now there is an occasional "hey that's my spot" but I guess they also have to maintain the pecking order so it's expected.

Lucas, I asked the same question for the same reason and got a similar response, it's not the end of the world!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...count-no-such-thing-as-a-silly-question-right

 

[K Spot]

Yes, I've had the old girls locked in the inner coop and the new have had the outer run for a week or so, looking at each other through the mesh. I just wondered how long it takes to establish a pecking order...hours, days or weeks?

I put newbies in the main coop in a section I've fenced off for a week, then I let them out with the others at night. I've always done it at night and have never really had too much trouble.

They squabble and peck for a couple of days, then they all settle down. My Dorking is at the bottom of the pecking order and gets bossed around the most, but she's quite fast and moves out of everyone's way to avoid a peck.
She also waits patiently for her turn at the food bowl or what not.

 

[satay]

Yes, I've had the old girls locked in the inner coop and the new have had the outer run for a week or so, looking at each other through the mesh. I just wondered how long it takes to establish a pecking order...hours, days or weeks?

It is really recommended that your quarantine new birds away from your existing flock for 2 weeks or more incase they have any illnesses, It should only take a couple of days for them to sort out their pecking order once introduced.

 

[satay]

ACV apple cider vinegar.
Although it is acidic it raises the Alkaline in the body and makes it an undesirable place for bacteria to grow. I buy a 25 litre drum of organic unpasteurised vinegar for $40 . My horses get regularly . I haven't had a single case of pasty butt in my brooder since I started adding it to their water.
That being said keep the chlorsig going and start a course of poultry antibiotics, whilst there are many ' preventative ' natural products on the market once the infection has set in you are fighting an up hill battle. Knock it on the head! The infection not the chook.

 

[Fancychooklady]

It is really recommended that your quarantine new birds away from your existing flock for 2 weeks or more incase they have any illnesses, It should only take a couple of days for them to sort out their pecking order once introduced.

Call me ' cautious ' but I keep mine in quarantine for at least a month.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote: Oh, I thought when it got to that stage you had to be very precise in temp and humid change.
Ok, will do

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Lucas, I asked the same question for the same reason and got a similar response, it's not the end of the world!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...count-no-such-thing-as-a-silly-question-right

Ok, cool.
I'll check that link.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Lucas I call it day zero .